Summary: When we talk about the Character of God, we cannot help but talk about the attributes of God. Who is God and how does He reflect His Character to mankind.

“And ye said, Behold, the LORD our God hath shewed us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God doth talk with man, and he liveth.”

When we talk about the Character of God, we cannot help but talk about the attributes of God. Who is God and how does He reflect His Character to mankind.

* Power – Rom 1:16-17

“16For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. 17For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.”

Man’s nature is to do wrong. When man allows his nature to control, he will go the wrong direction. He will do the wrong thing. He will engage in the wrong activity. He will think wrong. He will speak wrong. He just does wrong because that is his nature. There is nothing about man, apart from God, that demands he do right.

Goodness is an attribute of God just as is many others:

The Bible says that God is light. That is an attribute of God.

Also that He is love. That is an attribute.

He is just. He is holy – He is gracious – He is divine.

He is merciful.

He is longsuffering.

He is loving and caring.

* Holiness – Eph 4:21-24; I Pet 1:15-16

“15But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; 16Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.”

Bill Irwin, a man who is blind, has a talking computer he uses to study the Bible. He¡¦s had a few chuckles over some of the pronunciations. "For a long time," Bill says, "the computer pronounced Holy Bible as ¡¦holly bibble¡¦ until I figured out how to modify it." But there was one thing Bill couldn¡¦t change. The computer uses the Spanish pronunciation for Jesus Christ--HEYsus Krist. "The programmer is Hispanic," Bill told me with a smile, "and he made sure that HEYsus Krist cannot be altered."

I like that. It reminds me that among the things in life that can be changed to suit my taste, one remains tamper-resistant--I can¡¦t change Jesus.

“1In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. 2Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. 3And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.”